The thing that always annoyed me about blogs was the layout. Sure, new themes are popping up all the time but they all still look like blogs. Long content posts on the left and a crappy navigation system on the right. Same old layouts… boring boring boring!
Now that I’ve finally got a blog of my own I’ve gone and done the same thing with a boring design. Bad me. But I have I’ve been converted to WordPress just a little bit because I like how easy it is to manage content. Once everything’s set up there’s no need to rummage around in the source code. Adding new content just takes a bit of writing and a few clicks and that’s fine with me.
Well now it looks like I can rejoice because some people are daring to be different and are getting a bit more creative with WordPress. Take Brave New Traveller, Ubertramp and Vagabondish as examples. I’ve been reading all three of these blogs for a while. They were all sort of hovering between blog and online travel magazine -Â they looked like a blog but read like something more.
All of them are packed with great content and now they’ve added a great design into the mix which kicks everything up a notch. They’ve moved away from the traditional boring looking blog style to a one that looks more like a regular site with the ability to take advantage of all of WordPress’ great features.
Seeing what these guys have done has gotten me excited about WordPress again. Last night I found myself thinking about what I want to do with my seriously neglected backpacking site and seeing those sites in action has given me lots of ideas for a travel magazine type site of my own with a few twists that will hopefully set it apart.
Thanks for the inspiration guys!
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